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Chapter 371

Author: Kayla Sango
Madeline's POV

Our trip back to Verdania had lasted more than 30 hours—counting the international flight, the endless layovers, and the airport waits that felt like they stretched on forever. And through all of it, we were wrapped in a suffocating silence.

It wasn't the comfortable silence we'd learned to share during our week in paradise. This one was heavy, awkward, loaded with everything that hadn't been said and everything that couldn't be said. We exchanged only short, polite phrases: i
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